Lululemon Responds to Its Sheer Leggings Controversy: It's Not Us, It's You

Recently, shoppers of Lululemon's zeitgeisty yoga pants have criticized the product's pilling, unraveling seams, and semi-sheer fabric. In March, the company was forced to recall shipments of see-through pants (claiming "faulty production" as the issue). Since returning to the market, Lululemon says the "testing process" for the pants has changed, But brand-wearers are still finding their downward dog ruined by the sheer fabric (it exposes underwear).

Lululemon co-founder Chip Wilson has a new message for Lululemon customers: It's not us, it's you. Speaking on Bloomberg TV yesterday, Wilson explained that the knitted fabric can only be stretched so far before it goes sheer. He said: "frankly, some women's bodies don't work for it." And wait, there's more! "They don't work for some women's bodies…it's really about the rubbing through the thighs, how much pressure is there over a period of time, how much they use it." Because why design a product for women's bodies and actually have it work for everyone, when you can design it for only those who are thin and then fat shame the rest?

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